CEE/Newsletter/Newsroom/Report from the WikiLive in Serbia
CEE Hub was represented by the Program Officer TRistovski-CEEhub during the eighth conference of the Wikipedians from Serbia and the nearby countries, which was held on May 18th and 19th. The event was realised under the slogan "United in knowledge", and gathered around 70 editors of Wikipedia, as well as collaborators of the Wikimedia Serbia. The program contained a variety of topics - from technical news, to discussions about content quality, motivational factors, panel discussions with partners from educational institutions and cultural institutions, up to discussions about how generative artificial intelligence tools can influence the project.
WikiLive started with the opening speech of the president of Wikimedia Serbia, Miroslav Loci, in which he pointed out that the goal is for this gathering to be a space for the development of ideas, projects, experience, as well as a meeting place. He invited all the participants to be active during the sessions so that everyone could get the best out of themselves. Ivana Madžarević, executive director of the organisation, stated in the introductory part that this is the most visited WikiLive so far and thanked everyone for coming.
This was the first participation of the Program Officer TRistovski-CEEhub, and he said for their blog post after the conference following:
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I was at the Wikilive conference for the first time and even though I knew that Wikimedia Serbia has many projects, it is still good when all those projects, partnerships, collaborations with institutions and schools from Belgrade and Serbia can be seen in one place. Excellent work, many participants, interesting lectures, especially about artificial intelligence and Wikidata. |
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During the conference, Program Officer TRistovski-CEEhub presented about the CEE Hub, its purpose and ongoing activities. He explained what Hub is for and for which services individuals and CEE communities can turn to the Hub. Additionally, he presented about the ongoing Microgrants Programme of the CEE Hub, which is open for all individuals, groups, affiliates, or organisations contributing to Wikimedia projects in the CEE Region.
Apart from the lecture about the CEE Hub, two other regional lectures were about GLAM programme of the Republic of Srpska, given by Mirjana Petković, and the lecture about new regional event WikiOutdoor Training. This lecture was given by Kiril Simeonovski.
